Top "Chris Davis" Articles

Thor. Crush Davis. Call him what you will, but the 27-year-old Orioles first baseman is ripping the cover off the ball. If it seems as though Davis hits a bomb every time you flip on an O's game, it's probably because he has. The Baltimore slugger had 27 home runs through 77 games (all stats are...

Sox left-hander John Danks gave up six earned runs and reliever Jake Petricka surrendered a sixth-inning grand slam on the way to a 10-2 loss to the Orioles on Thursday night at Camden Yards. Chris Davis and Mark Trumbo hit back-to-back homers off Danks...

The Red Sox and Tigers splurged over the winter, and the Yankees added the most feared closer in the game in Aroldis Chapman.
But when all was said and done, perhaps the most significant offseason move was the one that didn't happen.
When Alex Gordon...

Chris Davis has signed the richest contract in the history of the Baltimore Orioles.
The defending major league home run champion put his name on a seven-year pact that will pay him $161 million.
Davis became a free agent after the 2015 season and was...

It's the seventh-inning stretch of the offseason, a time to take stock of where teams are and who's still out there waiting for someone to stuff a few million dollars in their stockings.
After binging by teams in early to mid-December, only crumbs...

Published in Chicago Tribune on December 25, 2015 — Print headline: "Good signings mean good tidings"

Avisail Garcia has played some of his best defense against the fence this season.
And there has been no need to exaggerate his catches of the day in right field, the most recent of which occurred Saturday. Back to the wall, Garcia cradled in his glove...

The summary
Things unraveled quickly for the White Sox once starter Carlos Rodon was lifted with two on and nobody out in the sixth inning of the White Sox's 9-1 loss to the Orioles on Sunday. Caleb Joseph doubled off Daniel Webb to give Baltimore a...

Looting, rioting and violence has left Baltimore rattled and in a state of repair. Officials hope a big sports week has a healing effect on the beleaguered city.
Civil unrest remains an issue in Baltimore after two weeks of tension between residents...

BALTIMORE — The crack of Orioles first baseman Chris Davis hitting a three-run homer in the first inning Wednesday at Camden Yards was accompanied by a single voice rather than the roar of the crowd.
“Goodbye! Home run,” Orioles broadcaster Gary Thorne...

PITTSBURGH — Baseball's awards races are winding down, and the Baseball Writers Association of America has some difficult choices to make in the four voting categories for each league.
Mike Trout, Clayton Kershaw and Jose Abreu appear to be shoo-ins...

The ESPYs confirmed Wednesday night what the college basketball world already knew: Former Creighton small forward and current Bulls rookie Doug McDermott was the best male college athlete of the year.
McDermott, the nation's leading scorer at 26.9...

Both Chicago managers were jeered Tuesday night, though Robin Ventura probably couldn’t hear White Sox fans shouting at their TVs from his dugout spot in Baltimore, some 700 miles away.
It was one of those rare nights of Chicago baseball symmetry, when...

No. 22 Orioles: 9th in a series counting down to spring training. Next: Mariners. The Orioles aren't hopeless. But it's difficult to imagine how they're going to restore the luster to this once-great franchise until Peter G. Angelos takes the first...

Francisco Lindor broke two bats, borrowed one from a teammate, and hit a home run. It's been like that for the Cleveland Indians of late. The Indians stretched their franchise-record winning streak to 18 games, beating the Baltimore Orioles 3-2 Sunday...

The Baltimore Orioles have reached an important landmark in their quest to reach the postseason for the third time in four years. Their task now is to keep the momentum going for five more weeks. Adam Jones hit a record-breaking home run , Welington...